| RIP Trevor Francis 14:07 - Jul 24 with 4004 views | Mullet |
Only 69 years old. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:13 - Jul 24 with 3282 views | weepingx2018 |
what?? really? |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:14 - Jul 24 with 3263 views | Horsham |
Bloody hell.
Was the song ‘we’ve got tricky Trevor, he will play forever’.
RIP Trevor | | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:19 - Jul 24 with 3218 views | PaphosBlue |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:14 - Jul 24 by Horsham |
Bloody hell.
Was the song ‘we’ve got tricky Trevor, he will play forever’.
RIP Trevor |
So sad a great player wasn’t he the first £1m player? |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:27 - Jul 24 with 3134 views | WeWereZombies |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:19 - Jul 24 by PaphosBlue |
So sad a great player wasn’t he the first £1m player? |
I believe so:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Francis
Bad day for people dying young, I can remember him playing so well against us, must have been early Seventies, wisdom beyond his years back then. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:44 - Jul 24 with 3010 views | Ftnfwest |
RIP. Remember going to Hillsborough around 1989 ish when we had 25 minutes at the start where we played like Brazil and were 2-0 up, so he brought himself off the bench and got Wednesday a draw (score both goals). Classic inside forward for Birmingham when i was growing up and Clough turned him into more of a striker. |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:45 - Jul 24 with 2978 views | Churchman |
I was lucky enough to see him play against us on a number of occasions. His record speaks for itself. A fantastic player and by all accounts a lovely bloke.
RIP Trevor. |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:48 - Jul 24 with 2964 views | PhilTWTD |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:44 - Jul 24 by Ftnfwest |
RIP. Remember going to Hillsborough around 1989 ish when we had 25 minutes at the start where we played like Brazil and were 2-0 up, so he brought himself off the bench and got Wednesday a draw (score both goals). Classic inside forward for Birmingham when i was growing up and Clough turned him into more of a striker. |
Mick Mills was his assistant at Sheffield Wednesday for a while. Millsy told me he was at Hillsborough to co-commentate on a Town game with Terry Baxter and Francis heard he was there and got a message to him to ask him to come to his office after the match where he offered him the job.
RIP, remember the goal in the European Cup final against Malmo very well. |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:56 - Jul 24 with 2864 views | Darth_Koont |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:19 - Jul 24 by PaphosBlue |
So sad a great player wasn’t he the first £1m player? |
Yes. Certainly not Trevor Francis’s fault but his transfer was the straw that broke the camel’s back for my Dad who pretty much gave up on football after “the silly money came in”.
Needless to say, clubs now being bought and sold for billions, players transferring for over 100 million and even getting paid hundreds of thousands a week hasn’t brought him back into the footballing fold! |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:58 - Jul 24 with 2842 views | Ryorry |
Way too young.
R.I.P. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 15:00 - Jul 24 with 2824 views | Illinoisblue |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:44 - Jul 24 by Ftnfwest |
RIP. Remember going to Hillsborough around 1989 ish when we had 25 minutes at the start where we played like Brazil and were 2-0 up, so he brought himself off the bench and got Wednesday a draw (score both goals). Classic inside forward for Birmingham when i was growing up and Clough turned him into more of a striker. |
Yep, was at that game. He absolutely turned that game around. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 15:05 - Jul 24 with 2779 views | Yallop2 |
Legend
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 15:09 - Jul 24 with 2753 views | blueasfook |
I remember the announcement he was the first million pound player on John Craven's Newsround. Which for the benefit of younger TWTD readers, was like a news program for kids. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 15:32 - Jul 24 with 2628 views | wischip |
I remember as a kid watching that Forest v Malmo European Cup final. I think there had been doubters that he was worth the 1 million transfer. Then he scores the only goal of the final. Think that settles the argument.
Wasn't it Trevor that Brian Clough told to take his hands out of his pockets in a post match interview ?
RIP Trevor Francis |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 15:36 - Jul 24 with 2609 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Following on from the 'Dullest Encounter' thread.
I've been lucky enough to meet a few footballers, both playing and turned to the media.
At Birmingham City, the photographers shared the media room with all the other media, and I was there for Birmingham v Wigan, in the Prem, about 2010/11 season, I think.
Trevor Francis was obviously on either Sky or Radio duty, as a former Brum player of 9 years, was in the room, in a suit, (always wore a suit), as kick off approached, we all started leaving the room to head to our positions and Trevor Francis was just ahead of me as we made our way out.
Once you got under the stand TV and Radio turned left to go up into the main stand and photographers went right to go to the pitch. As I turned right, I heard, "Do you know where you're going mate", followed quickly by Trevor Francis, laughing saying, "I think I know my way around!"
As I turned back, saw a steward aged about 18, being ribbed mercilessly by his colleagues for asking former Birmingham Player 'if he knew where he was going'. Made me laugh at the time. [Post edited 24 Jul 2023 16:19]
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 16:20 - Jul 24 with 2425 views | jontysnut |
I won't be buying any green bananas then |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 17:26 - Jul 24 with 2307 views | RegencyBlue |
That’s no age!
I remember singing ‘what a waste of money’ to him, along with the rest of PR, not long after he moved to Forest in 1979. Obviously he wasn’t but …….
Shame. |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 17:31 - Jul 24 with 2273 views | gainsboroughblue |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 15:00 - Jul 24 by Illinoisblue |
Yep, was at that game. He absolutely turned that game around. |
Me three. Atmosphere completely changed when he came on and we were fortunate to get a point in the end. That Sheff Weds side was ridiculous for that level that season and still only finished third, although that was still enough for autos back then.
His Birmingham side seemed to have a bit of a hex over us during those Burley promotion challenge years as well. I was glad we didn't play Brum in that 2000 play-off final.
RIP Trev. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 17:35 - Jul 24 with 2262 views | EastTownBlue |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 17:26 - Jul 24 by RegencyBlue |
That’s no age!
I remember singing ‘what a waste of money’ to him, along with the rest of PR, not long after he moved to Forest in 1979. Obviously he wasn’t but …….
Shame. |
That was a bit before my time but I do recall him mentioning that a number of years later in an interview. He did say “they were probably right”. | | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 17:38 - Jul 24 with 2245 views | norfsufblue |
RIP..very sad BUT... didn't Cloughie say that he actually cost £999,999 just because he didn't want him ladened with the £1mill tag...or something? |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 17:45 - Jul 24 with 2213 views | strikalite |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 17:38 - Jul 24 by norfsufblue |
RIP..very sad BUT... didn't Cloughie say that he actually cost £999,999 just because he didn't want him ladened with the £1mill tag...or something? |
I didn't know this but apparently Cloughie took great delight in clarifying that he never paid £1m but yes £999,999....you can just picture him saying that in an interview too.. |  | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 18:07 - Jul 24 with 2172 views | solemio |
I recall one game when we beat Brum comfortably but all our fans agreed TF was man of t he match. | | | |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 18:17 - Jul 24 with 2152 views | BlueBoots |
RIP Trev; proper centre-forward...
...and as I was born in the area, I can confirm that back in the day it was indeed possible to buy one of his tracksuits from a mush in Shepherd's Bush. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 18:52 - Jul 24 with 2080 views | ITFC_Forever |
| RIP Trevor Francis on 14:44 - Jul 24 by Ftnfwest |
RIP. Remember going to Hillsborough around 1989 ish when we had 25 minutes at the start where we played like Brazil and were 2-0 up, so he brought himself off the bench and got Wednesday a draw (score both goals). Classic inside forward for Birmingham when i was growing up and Clough turned him into more of a striker. |
December 1990 it was.
I can remember that game too, our best performance of the season and that was against a very good Weds side of the time. |  |
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| RIP Trevor Francis on 19:00 - Jul 24 with 2062 views | Coastalblue |
I remember seeing him at PR in his Forest days and just being astounded at how quick he was over the first 20 yards, he really was greased lightning and not a bad all round player to go with it. I think Franz Carr was in the same side? |  |
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